Elizabethtown Gas and Jersey Central Power & Light shut off the utilities.

Authorities evacuated workers at a nearby Lowe's Home Improvement and closed access to the Raritan Town Square shopping complex, where the accident occurred. No other injuries were reported.

The truck, owned by High Bridge Stone of Port Newark, was scheduled to travel along Route 31 south to Route 78 East. The driver veered from the planned route and continued south on Route 31, police said. The driver then crossed over the northbound lanes, ran through a wooden fence and drove into the shopping area, severing a natural gas main before crashing into the AAA building.